Isaiah 16:11

My bowels — Thro' compassion. In excessive grief, the bowels are sometimes rolled together, so as to make an audible noise.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 16:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore my bowels - This is also an expression of the deep grief of the prophet in view of the calamities which were coming upon Moab. The “bow...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore my (m) heart shall sound like an harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh. (m) For sorrow and compassion.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Moabites now in Sela, a city of Edom ( 2 Kings 14:7 *; cf. Judges 1:36 , mg.*), exhort each other to send the tribute of lambs once paid to...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sound . make. plaintive sound. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia . Hebrew v'kirbi Kir. Kir-haresh. See note on Isaiah 15:1 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. Therefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab. Assuming the character of a Moabite, the Prophet again describes excessive lamenta...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. My bowels - in Scripture the seat of yearning com...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Sela which is toward the wilderness,' etc. Mesha, king of Moab, had rendered to Israel tr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

My bowels ] regarded as the seat of the emotions ( Jeremiah 31:20 ). The speaker is probably Jehovah, as in Isaiah 16:10 ( Isaiah 63:15 ).
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing the prophecy concerning Moab, the prophet proceeds to describe how in her distress she will appeal to Judah for sanctuary Isaiah 16:1-5 )...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader looks closely to what is here said concerning Moab, he will find it a suited representation of all the pride and ostentation of all the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab ,.... Making a noise as the harp does, and a mournful one as that, when used at funerals; which...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. Ver. 11. Wherefore my bowels shall sound a like an ha...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore my bowels shall sound as a harp Through compassion. In excessive grief, the bowels are sometimes rolled together, so as to make an audibl...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pride of Moab; The Threatening against Moab; The Doom of Moab. B. C. 725....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall sound, through compassion to them; of which See Poole on " Isaiah 15:5 " . In excessive griefs the bowels are sometimes rolled and tumbled t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 16 Moab, Her Refugees In Desperate Straits, Seek Refuge in Edom And Consider Refuge in Judah, But Decide Against It. God was ready to prov...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Request To Judah Is Never Actualised Because of the Pride of Moab, With Sad Results ( Isaiah 16:6-14 ). Analysis of Isaiah 16:6-14 . a We ha...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 16:1 . Send ye the lamb from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion. Send the tribute of the lambs from all the towns...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 16:1-23 THE BURDEN OF MOAB ( CONTINUED ). This portion of the "burden" is divided into three sections. In section...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moab's Pride and Ruin. The Lord's invitation was issued to Moab also, for He wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. T...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherefore my bowels, his whole heart, shall sound like an harp for Moab, like the sounding-board of a stringed instrument, which vibrates with the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 11:8 ; Isaiah 15:5 ; Isaiah 16:7 ; Isaiah 63:15 ; Jeremiah 31:20 ; Jeremiah 4:19 ; Jeremiah 48:36 ; Philippians 2:1

¹¹ Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 16:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 16:11